Lingerie clasp



July 6 1926. 1,591,263

J. P. AYMER LINGERIE CLASP Filed Oct. 6, 925

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. vvApplication.filed October G, 19725. Serial No. 60,783.

This invention relates yto'improvements in j lingerie clasps and has for its obJect the pro' Y ductiony of' a simple Vconvenient and neat clasp that can beattached to theinside'o the dress directly above the shoulder and through which, the shoulder straps ofthe lingerie may pass. e It is well known among women that the shoulder straps of their lingeriehave a tendlency to slide out 'overthe shoulders and down Vonto theV arms where they V,become visible if sleeveless dresses are worn and cause vmore orless annoyance tothe wearer.`V 'ft' is apparent that if the shoulder straps-l could be fastened to the inside ofthe 'shoule 'der portion'o'the'dress, they couldvnot slide It such :fastening is accomy outwardly. plished by means of pins there can be Yno relative movement of 'the straps and the dress which is highly unsatisfactory.l yIn order to get the Vmost satisfactory results, the strap should be able to movewith respect toY the dress in the direction of its length, but.

" be prevented from movin@ outwardly over the shoulder. I have found that if a metal clasp is sewed to the'inside'of the Adress dil recrly over the shoulder and the strap introduced into .thev clasp', it will be held fromoutward movement lbut will stilljbe free :to

move longitudinally.VV D l VMy invention relates to the construction of the clasp which I will now proceed to describe in detail, reference for this purpose being had to the accompanying drawingin which the preferred embodimentrlias been l' r act as stops and prevent the strap from be- .ing withdrawn. The strap '2 can be' easily put into place jby separatingthe ends 6 and 12 a'short distance and tl'ienintroducing the` Y illustrated'and in which:

Fig. l is a view showing the clasp in posi-1y ltion on theweare'rs dress and the shoulder strapin place thereon; 1 .f e Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the clasp;

Fig. 3is .a view 'similarto that in Fig. Y2

but with 'a portionV of'qthe` npperfsideremoved so as to more clearly dlsdose the ,com struction Y Fig. 4 is a` sectional viewfto an enlarged fiscale taken on line 4 4, Fig 33' Figs. and 6 are details showing a slightly modified construction; .l v Numeral l indicates the shoulder portion of a ladys dress and 2 the shoulder strap that supports the lingerie, while 3 (indicates i f Athe clasp that is securedto the inside of the dress directly over theshoulder. The clasp hasbeen shown with considerable particu- 1larity inFigs. 2, 3 and 4 in which numeral 4 represents that portion that is fastened to and will still be The clasp has been so designed thatit can:A be formed by dies and" can therefore be struction. the actual article the dress `and which will be referred to as the base.

l This base portion is provided with tour lor the lugs were formed by from a blank formed in the manner 'indicated inFigL 5,1 into the position shown in F ig. 6.` v The clasp isormed-from a single piece of thin metalv and hasat'op member 9 that vis integrall with thel base and joined to the latter.` by avcurved portion l0. .Member 9 is benty 'downwardlynear its end in the manner in- Y l i indicated inFig. 4,7 When these lugs are formed in this way the nieta-l can bel more economically used than if Y 'ears bent upwardly,

dicated by numeral, 1l andthe eXtremeouter .end-12 is bent upwardly'and away from the base A surface of the base directly between the lugs e The convexor llower side ofthel A lcurved portion "11 contacts'with the upper '7k and is ofsuchwidth that it lits between l these lugs. Vhen the clasp is lformed it is bent sothat the curved part 11 presses against the base 41 with some "force,

13 by being passed between the base an'dt e curved part ll. The lugs that vproject upwardly from' TheY clasp is `secured to the dress by thread that passes-through they holes 5 andthe strap 2' is. inserted into the opening;x

the base at each side "of the curved part ll strap thereinto. Y f he clasp can be mad-e stamped Vand bent intofshape by' machinery. Intlie drawing the sev-eral figures. are' of thin iight. maar ithatwill not annoy the wearer iny any wayj` suitable for the purpose.

shown lto an enlarged scaleso, as to mairek i t'possible to more clearlyillustrate the conthinner and narrower material.

being made jot Having now described the invention what l Vis claimed as new is: l

Alingerie clasp consisting of a piece of thin vmetal bent intermediate its extremities to form Va U-shaped structure whose adjacent cooperating members are parallel and spaced With the adjacent Surface of the cooperating a short distance apart, one of said' members member, the member having the'lugs beingl Y being provided with a lug on each side near constructed tofaoiltate its attachment to a 10 'its endf said lugs being struck up out of the garment lfor the' purpose set forth. Ametal of said member and spaced apart'the In testunonywhereofY 'afx my Slgnaf other memberlbeng provided near ytsend ture. Y p Y Y with' atransverse part adapted. to Contact Y JOSEPHINE P. AYMER.V g 

